Two wounded in shooting near mosque in Sweden: Police
"Police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder. Two people have been wounded in connection with the shooting," a statement on the police website said, providing no other details about the circumstances of the shooting or whether the perpetrator had been arrested.
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